Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina
Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina is a church at 1531 Hampton Street in Columbia, SC 29201. It is one of 423 churches in Columbia.
OUR MISSION IS TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE BY GLORIFYING JESUS CHRIST AND ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THE CHURCH.
1531 Hampton Street, Columbia, SC, 29201Website: https://bemcsc.org/
Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 91.6%
- Poverty Rate: 57.7%
- Food Insecurity: 27.9% (21.3–35.4%)
- Social Isolation: 39.8%
- Depression: 30.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 18.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.6% (11.0–20.5%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Columbia city is served by 119 churches — about one congregation for every 960 residents.
Churches near Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina
- Church of the Apostles — 0.1 mi away
- Church of the Good Shepherd — 0.2 mi away
- Washington Street United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Revolution- SC UMC — 0.2 mi away
- First Young Professionals — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- St. Paul’s Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Church of Christ, Scientist — 0.3 mi away
- Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away